Our final speaker, Missy
Cummings, will appear at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 17, 2014 at the Welder Center
to discuss drone
technology. Cummings served as a naval officer
and military pilot from 1988-99 and was one of the Navy's first female fighter
pilots. She is the author of “Hornet's Nest: The Experiences of One of the Navy's
First Female Fighter Pilots.” Cummings is currently an associate professor in
the Aeronautics & Astronautics Department and the Engineering Systems
Division at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.